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2 Samuel 8:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.


2 Samuel 8:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 8:221 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֣ךְwayakə
beatconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מוֹאָ֗בmwōʾāb
MoabnounH4124
וַֽ/יְמַדְּדֵ֤/םwayəmadədēm
measureconjH4058
mete · stretch self
בַּ/חֶ֨בֶל֙baḥebel
bandpronH2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
הַשְׁכֵּ֣בhašəkēb
cast downverbH7901
at all · lay · lie (down · down to sleep ···
אוֹתָ֣/םʾwōtām
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אַ֔רְצָ/הʾarəṣāh
earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וַ/יְמַדֵּ֤דwayəmadēd
measureconjH4058
mete · stretch self
שְׁנֵֽיšənēy
bothadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
חֲבָלִים֙ḥăbāliym
bandnounH2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
לְ/הָמִ֔יתləhāmiyt
dead (bodypronH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
וּ/מְלֹ֥אwməlōʾ
fillconjH4393
all along · all that is in · full · fulness ···
הַ/חֶ֖בֶלhaḥebel
bandparticleH2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
לְ/הַחֲי֑וֹתləhaḥăywōt
keep (leavepronH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וַ/תְּהִ֤יwatəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
מוֹאָב֙mwōʾāb
MoabnounH4124
לְ/דָוִ֔דlədāwid
DavidpronH1732
לַ/עֲבָדִ֖יםlaʿăbādiym
bondmanpronH5650
bondage · servant · servant
נֹשְׂאֵ֥יnōśəʾēy
acceptverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
מִנְחָֽהminəḥāh
giftnounH4503
oblation · offering · present · sacrifice
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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